“Sequels to most movies are always fluff and not as good as the first.” – Ray Allen

Siskel and Ebert I am not, but the mere fact the NBA’s all-time three point king (until Steph Curry comes a knockin’) understands this is comforting in a way. Prior to last night’s game versus New Orleans, the man known in pop culture circles as “Jesus Shuttlesworth” addressed the topic head on.

“But it’s something we’ve been talking about for the last couple months,” said Allen. “If we get a really good story line and are able to bring everybody back, then it would be something worth doing.”

Spike and Ray have been discussing the possibilities of a sequel since Miami’s title run last summer. Another positive surrounding the still-rumors-at-this-point film was Shuttlesworth reiterating how important having the original nucleus together would be for the authenticity of the project (see The Best Man Holiday and why that was received with overwhelmingly positive reviews). “We’ve got to get Denzel and we’ve got to get Rosario. Obviously, it’s been 15 or 20 years, so there’s so many new story lines to talk about.”

New story lines? Hmmmm, duly noted.

Anywho, those looking to get a chance to see Jesus in action (the basketball player, not that Jesus) should head to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn this Friday. Several members of the Heat and Nets will don jerseys with their nicknames including “King James” for LeBron, “Truth” for Paul Pierce, “Battle” for Shane Battier (his family’s surname) and of course “J. Shuttlesworth” for Ray-Ray.

Perhaps Spike’ll attend the game – for work purposes, of course – and make this an opening montage or something.

Watched this movie for the first time a couple weeks ago, and was surprised about how terrible it was. Part 2 my ass. His acting was terrible, the story made no sense, shit was extremely corny. The bullshit has got to stop.

nope…as much as nostalgia and my love for spike tells me i enjoyed this movie it wasnt that good…from ray allens struggle ass acting, to that dumb random hooker, to the “throw basketball from prison, INTO STADIUM” bullshit ending…this should just stay a “hood classic” and keep it moving

Good directing (Spike Lee’s camera work is always great), simple but good plot, mediocre acting by Ray Allen (what’d you expect), great job by Denzel (as usual) plus some other good supporting actors in their roles such as Rick Fox = good movie. No one’s saying it’s Do the Right Thing, but it is a cult classic like you st8chill said.

the plot wasnt that simple, it got complicated due to random side stories…not sure why spike would put an non acting athlete with denzel (a high tier actor), it made every powerful scene between them not involving basketball flat. movie would be ass without spike and even with him its average as shit. i enjoyed it as a youngin, but with older eyes? naaaa

Nah bros all this hate is unwarranted, no its not the best basketball movie ever made but it doesn’t deserve to be deficated on either. Yes, Spike gave this movie the gloss that he gives all his movies and in turn this bogged it down; it is essential nonetheless. As much as it would be nice for it to turn out the way BMH did with good reviews, it just seems like a cashgrab at this point. Jesus, his sister, Jake, LaLa, Milla (the prostitute), Jakes P.O.’s, the Warden, and everybody else is better served being kept in the time capsule of its original release.

I’m a huge Spike fan, but I think He Got Game is far from his best work. In a way I think the film is kind of analogous to Spike’s career – there’s a lot of legitimately great, authentic stuff, but also a lot of overreaching, head-scratching stuff that falls flat. Part of the reason I don’t think I’ll ever not be interested in seeing a Spike movie is because I always go in really not knowing what to expect overall – good or bad – and that’s pretty rare.

In regards to Ray Allen, I agree he was pretty wooden as an actor, but in a way I think it kind of worked for him. His character was supposed to be numb to all the constant attention and praise he gets, so much so that he was withdrawn and unemotional. It was problematic during the the occasional scene in which he did have to show real emotion, though.

Honestly, I think the bigger problem was Denzel’s form on his jumper. I’m supposed to believe THAT guy taught one of the greatest shooters ever?